3rd Jharkhand Assembly

The Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha (Hindi: झारखंड विधान सभा) or the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly is the unicameral state legislature of Jharkhand state in eastern India. The seat of the Vidhan Sabha is at Ranchi, the capital of the state. The Vidhan Sabha comprises 81 Members of Legislative Assembly, directly elected from single-seat constituencies.

Legislative Assembly of Jharkhand
Type
Type	Unicameral
Houses	Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Term limits	2009-2014
History
Founded	2009
Preceded by	2nd Jharkhand Assembly
Succeeded by	4th Jharkhand Assembly
Structure
Seats	82 (81 directly elected, 1 nominated)
Political groups	BJP (18) JMM (18) INC (13) JVM (P) (11) AJSU (6) Others (6) RJD (5) JD (U) (2) Independent (2) Nominated (1)[1]
Length of term	5 years
Meeting place
Old Secretariat
Website
jharkhandvidhansabha.nic.in

Speaker Of The House : Shashank Shekhar Bhokta^[2] Leader of the House: Hemant Soren Leader of the Opposition: Arjun Munda Minister of Parliamentary Affairs: Rajendra Prasad Singh Secretary-in-charge: Kaushal Kishore Prasad

List of assemblies

Assembly	Duration	Winning Party/Coalition	Chief Minister
1st	2000–2005		Babulal Marandi Arjun Munda
2nd	2005–2009	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Bharatiya Janata Party	Shibu Soren Arjun Munda Madhu Koda
3rd	2009–2014	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Indian National Congress Rashtriya Janata Dal	Hemant Soren

Composition

Main article: Jharkhand 2009 Assembly Elections Results

Current assembly elections were held in the year 2009. Following is the final seat tally:

Source:^[1]

Party	Flag	Seats Won
Indian National Congress +		13
Bharatiya Janata Party		18
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha		18
Others		20
Nominated		1

See also

• List of chief ministers of Jharkhand
• Vidhan Sabha
• List of states of India by type of legislature